Rocky Top Road

Total Miles
3.1

Elevation

744.71 ft

Duration

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Technical Rating

4

Moderate

Best Time

Fall, Summer

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Rocky Top Road
4

Trail Overview

This regionally famous name is shared with a few other areas, but this might be the actual Rocky Top. It's definitely rocky and a bit inhospitable, as the song describes. While most of the road is rather tame, there are a few sections with rock ledges, and the lower elevation has some washes that are challenging to cross. A stock 4WD truck can traverse the route with some patience and a willingness to stack some rocks to clear obstacles. Cell service is available at the higher elevations but nonexistent as you enter the valley.

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Rocky Top Road
Rocky Top Road

Difficulty

While the majority isn't difficult to drive, the ledges and washouts require patience, a good spotter, and communication.

Technical Rating

4

Status Reports

Dylan Albach
Dec 06, 2024
2024 Chevrolet Colorado
Open
Normal
Wyatt Fulton
Nov 26, 2024
4x4
Open
Rough/Deteriorated
Washboard
Entrance is very washed out but still passable in a stock 4x4. Once at the end of the trail do not continue up the long service road (unrated white road) on the right, this takes you across the mountain for several miles and leads to a very large mud hole that is impassible without a very high clearance vehicle. Myself and another vehicle had to back up for half a mile before we were able to turn around.
Evan Barnett
Sep 21, 2024
4x4
Open
Rough/Deteriorated
Washboard
Washout ditch in the middle of the road around 2-3 foot deep. Hang vehicle to one side or other and continue
Jim Kramer
Jun 15, 2024
4x4
Open
Rough/Deteriorated

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